Scoring Plays:
1Q - HOU - C.J. Stroud to Dalton Schultz 1 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 0, HOU 7
1Q - NO - Derek Carr to Rashid Shaheed 34 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 7, HOU 7
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 7, Houston Texans 7
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2Q - HOU - Ka'imi Fairbairn 24 yd FG GOOD | NO 7, HOU 10
2Q - HOU - C.J. Stroud to Robert Woods 6 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 7, HOU 17
2Q - NO - Blake Grupe 48 yd FG GOOD | NO 10, HOU 17
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 10, Houston Texans 17
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3Q - HOU - Ka'imi Fairbairn 24 yd FG GOOD | NO 10, HOU 20
3Q - NO - Blake Grupe 45 yd FG GOOD | NO 13, HOU 20
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 13, Houston Texans 20
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4Q - NONE
Final Score: New Orleans Saints 13, Houston Texans 20
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Hello Who Dats & Who Datettes, welcome to the week 6/game 6 thread.

It's always nice to get an easy win... a win which might make Bill Belichick ponder life's choices.

But now we turn to a Houston team being led by a rookie QB who's been turning heads in CJ Stroud. Stroud did his part against Atlanta last week, leading the Texans to a touchdown late in the 4th quarter to give Houston the lead, only to see the defense fail and allow Atlanta to hit a game-winning FG as time expired.

Now it's up to the Saints defense to see if they can make him look like an actual rookie, maybe get him to throw an interception... something I don't think he's done yet in his young NFL career.

Can the Saints offense continue its improvement from where we were actually scoring touchdowns instead of field goals? Can the defense, who made Mac Jones look like a rookie last week, make an actual rookie look like a rookie, esp. with Marcus Maye back from suspension?

LET'S TUSSLE THE TEXANS AND MAKE IT TO 4-2!!!!!

Injury Report:
NO- (FB Adam Prentice was moved to IR yesterday and will not be listed here)
Juwan Johnson - Calf - OUT
Lonnie Johnson, Jr. - Hamstring - OUT
JT Gray - Hamstring - OUT
Landon Young - Hip - OUT
Andrus Peat - Concussion/Groin - QUESTIONABLE

HOU-
Tank Dell - Concussion - QUESTIONABLE
Robert Woods - Ribs - QUESTIONABLE
Christian Harris - Concussion - QUESTIONABLE

Weather: Not sure if the roof will be open or closed tomorrow, but it'll be starting in the 60s and getting close to 70 during the game with no chance of rain and a north wind blowing from 15-20 mph

Uniforms: Worked last week in New England... let's run it back with white over black

Current Standings:
NFC South:
Buccaneers 3-1
Falcons 3-2
Saints 3-2
Panthers 0-5

AFC South:
Jaguars 3-2
Colts 3-2
Texans 2-3
Titans 2-3

Betting Lines: Saints (-1.5), O/U 42.5

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Today's Officials:
Referee: #76 Alan Eck (rookie referee... replacing the retired referee Jerome Boger... was a member of John Hussey's crew in 2022)

Umpire: #110 Tab Slaughter (was on Clete Blakeman's crew in 2022)
Down Judge: #11 Fred Bryan (was on Clay Martin's crew in 2022)
Line Judge: #134 Robin DeLorenzo (was on John Hussey's crew in 2022)
Field Judge: #117 John Jenkins (was on Alex Kemp's crew in 2022)
Side Judge: #104 Dale Shaw (was on Alex Kemp's crew in 2022)
Back Judge: #78 Greg Meyer (was on Land Clark's crew in 2022)
Replay Official: Denise Crudup (was on Ron Torbert's crew in 2022)
Replay Assistant: Gerald Frye (was on Ron Torbert's crew in 2022)

Inactive Lists:
NO-
S J.T. Gray
TE Juwan Johnson
S Lonnie Johnson Jr.
QB Jake Luton
WR A.T. Perry
DE Kyle Phillips
OL Landon Young

HOU-
OG Nick Broeker
WR Tank Dell
QB Case Keenum
LB Denzel Perryman
RB Dare Ogunbowale
CB Tavierre Thomas

This post was edited on 10/15/23 at 3:19 pm